Resource exhaustion in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HPE Aruba Networking Private 5g Core

CVE-2026-23596

A vulnerability in the management API of the affected product could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to trigger service restarts. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to disrupt services and negatively impact system availability.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (15.2th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 15th percentile — 15.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-23596: held from 0.002 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-23596?
CVE-2026-23596 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HPE Aruba Networking Private 5g Core, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-02-17.
How severe is CVE-2026-23596?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.